1949 NHL Playoffs
1st Round
Montreal gets off to a great start looking to get back to the finals, shutting out the
Leafs on the road 4-0.
Cal Gardner notches 3 assists.
Gardner scores with 1 minute remaining in game 2 to tie the game at 2 and force overtime. In OT, one of
Toronto’s young guns comes through.
Sid Smith is the hero half way through the extra frame to tie the series.
Smith's overtime goal may have saved the series for Toronto
Tod Sloan gets a goal and an assist as
Toronto grabs control of the series back with a 4-2 win in game three. The young
Leafs skate circles around the
Habs in game 4.
Smith and
Sloan each score twice in an easy 4-1 win, putting the on the brink of elimination.
Milt Schmidt scores two minutes into game five and scores late in the 2nd, a goal which turned out to be the series winner.
Toronto takes the game 4-2, and wins the series in 5 games.
Toronto goes to the Cup finals a season after finishing last.
The
Rangers begin their quest for 4 taking on a up and coming
Boston team who had a really nice season.
Doug Harvey has developed into a force. He’s amazingly in his 7th season, and at 24, is the games best defenseman. He’s capable of shutting down
Maurice Richard, but
NY has a bunch of firepower.
Is Harvey ready for the spotlight?
Harvey can’t stop the
Rocket in game 1.
Richard gets a goal and an assist, and
Harry Lumley gets the 18 save shutout against his former team. 3-0
Rangers win the opener.
Boston is able to beat
Lumley in game 2, and take an early lead, but the
Rangers come on in the third, and skate to a 4-2 win.
New York uses a 3 goal second period, highlighted by two
Bill Ezinicki goals to edge the
Bruins 5-4 in the third game. Facing elimination,
Boston can’t muster a goal in the 4th game.
Harry Lumley stops 19 shots as the
Rangers sweep the
Bruins!
